Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Rosids: Malvids: Brassicales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (11/30/12):
Tarenaya hassleriana
FAMILY
Cleomaceae
Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
Read more about Spiderflower at Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Cleome hassleriana
FAMILY
Capparaceae
(?) (MISAPPLIED)
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 087-01-001:
Cleome houtteana
FAMILY
Capparaceae
INCLUDED WITHIN (MISAPPLIED)
Britton & Brown Illus Flora of Northeast US & adjacent Canada (Gleason, 1952)
Cleome spinosa
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933)
Neocleome spinosa
COMMON NAME:
Cleome, Spiderflower, Pinkqueen
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JK Marlow jkm100702_068
July Greenville County SC
Swamp Rabbit Trail
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JK Marlow jkm100702_072
July Greenville County SC
Swamp Rabbit Trail
Leaflets oblanceolate, entire. Leaves with flattened recurved stipular thorns, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas.
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JK Marlow jkm100702_076
July Greenville County SC
Swamp Rabbit Trail
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JK Marlow jkm100702_081
July Greenville County SC
Swamp Rabbit Trail
Petals clawed, claw 1-1.5cm long. Filaments 4-6cm long (longer than petals), per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas.
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JK Marlow jkm100702_088
July Greenville County SC
Swamp Rabbit Trail
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (11/30/12):
Tarenaya hassleriana
FAMILY
Cleomaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Cleome hassleriana
FAMILY
Capparaceae
(?) (MISAPPLIED)
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 087-01-001:
Cleome houtteana
FAMILY
Capparaceae
INCLUDED WITHIN (MISAPPLIED)
Britton & Brown Illus Flora of Northeast US & adjacent Canada (Gleason, 1952)
Cleome spinosa
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933)
Neocleome spinosa
3500
Forb
Annual
Non-native: South America
Documented growing wild in GA NC SC
Rare, persistent & self-seeding from cultivation as an ornamental
Look for it in gardens, disturbed areas, sandbars, riverbanks, per Weakley's Flora
Click here to see a more detailed map from University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Herbarium,
or click here to see a map from SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
LEAVES:
Palmately compound: 5-7 leaflets
Alternate, spirally arranged
FLOWER:
Summer/Fall
Pale pink or white (AM), deep pink (PM)
Bilaterally symmetrical
4 sepals
4 petals
6 stamens
Superior ovary
FRUIT:
Summer/Fall
Capsule
TO LEARN MORE about this plant, look it up in a good book!